Location: Portland, OR
Areas of Expertise:
ACC credentialing under the International Coach Federation (ICF)
Missional discipleship and church starting
20 years of work as an overseas missionary and church starter
Runs a leadership development and coaching organization, Artesia Resourcing, with his wife, Ann.
I help pioneering leaders and pastors engage fresh ways to lead and multiply mission-shaped communities while tending to their holistic formation along the way. Having worked for 30+ years in cross-cultural missions, church planting and pastoring, I know personally how hard and soul-depleting ministry can become. I can identify with the challenges that grate on the souls of shepherd-teacher leaders, and I’m equally familiar with the stresses that plague apostolic-prophetic-evangelistic leaders. My heart goes out to both those in nurturing roles and those in advancement roles. I want to help these leaders - women and men alike - lead well and in ways that promote their growth in faith, hope and love.
Some wells from which I draw: I hold a DMIN in Leadership in the Emerging Culture from Portland Seminary. My coach training is through Creative Results Management, and I have ACC credentialing under the International Coach Federation (ICF). As an outflow of my love for writing, I have authored several practical books (Amazon) around which I coach, train and teach: Dynamic Adventure: A Guide to Starting and Shaping Missional Churches (2017); Growing Local Missionaries: Equipping Churches to Sow Shalom in Their Own Cultural Backyard (2014); and Grow Where You’re Planted: Collected Stories on the Hallmarks of Maturing Church (2013).